Women of the Post: A Novel

What a beautifully imagined and important narrative. Sanders clear-eyed and powerful writing made this a hard one to stop reading! Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-Winning Author "This is a novel to cherish and share. And this is a history to sing about and affirm -- to proclaim. Honore Fanonne Jeffers, New York Times Bestselling author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, an Oprah Book Club Novel Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer by Ms. Magazine, PopSugar, Lambda Literary, and many more! Inspired by true events, Women of the Post brings to life the heroines who proudly served in the all-Black battalion of the Womens Army Corps in WWII, finding purpose in their mission and lifelong friendship. 1944, New York City. Judy Washington is tired of having to work at the Bronx Slave Market, cleaning white womens houses for next to nothing. She dreams of a bigger life, but with her husband fighting overseas, its up to her and her mother to earn enough for food and rent. When shes recruited to join the Womens Army Corpsoffering a steady paycheck and the chance to see the worldJudy jumps at the opportunity. During training, Judy becomes fast friends with the other women in her unitStacy, Bernadette and Mary Alycewho all come from different cities and circumstances. Under Second Officer Charity Adams's leadership, they receive orders to sort over one million pieces of mail in England, becoming the only unit of Black women to serve overseas during WWII. The women work diligently, knowing that they're reuniting soldiers with their loved ones through their letters. However, their work becomes personal when Mary Alyce discovers a backlogged letter addressed to Judy. Told through the alternating perspectives of Judy, Charity and Mary Alyce, Women of the Post is an unforgettable story of perseverance, female friendship and self-discovery. "A moving and compelling tribute to the lives and legacy of Black women in the American military during World War II that feels especially poignant in this moment." The Boston Globe